Hey guys, I have been doing magic for about 5 years, and cardistry for about 4 years. I noticed that in the past 4 years cardistry has been severely hindering my development in magic. I would always spend hours at a time practicing flourishes, and I would always feel mentally drained trying to retain all of the cardistry moves that I know while trying to retain and learn new magic. In the past 3 years I barely learned any new magic, in fact I was forgetting how to perform many of my effects because I was too busy trying to retain card flourishes and create original ones. I am sick of this and today I decided that I may have to just let go of cardistry if I want to advance my magic at the pace I was at on my first year of magic...I have done birthday parties with magic and I know I can make money and be succesful with magic, so magic goes before anything...
I noticed that many of the best cardists are full time cardistst and don't do magic...I also noticed that the people who do both cardistry and magic only have a certain amount of flourishes...
So should I retain only a certain amount of cardistry moves and focus on magic (Like Dan and Dave Buck Do), or should I drop cardistry completely, and only retain the moves I need for magic so that I could advance my magic???
I noticed that many of the best cardists are full time cardistst and don't do magic...I also noticed that the people who do both cardistry and magic only have a certain amount of flourishes...
So should I retain only a certain amount of cardistry moves and focus on magic (Like Dan and Dave Buck Do), or should I drop cardistry completely, and only retain the moves I need for magic so that I could advance my magic???